Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, USA: Our Family History

Birth

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	Last Name, Given Name(s)	Birth	Person ID
1	Black Rollin, James A	2 Feb 1927	I292046891559
2	Randall, Charlotte May	7 May 1912	I292015066437
3	VanHeulen, Thomas A	22 Feb 1934	I292015066892

Death

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	Last Name, Given Name(s)	Death	Person ID
1	Chassé, Marie Rose Priscille	17 Aug 2008	I292182067436
2	Cody, Bernard Israel	13 Feb 1996	I292682546811
3	Michaud, Joseph Medley	11 Dec 2005	I292182067509
4	O'Donnell, Norton Andrew	9 Sep 1964	I292160061789
5	Randall, Charlotte May	Dec 30 1990	I292015066437
6	Thomas, Kathaleen V	26 Aug 1971	I292160061810

Burial

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	Last Name, Given Name(s)	Burial	Person ID
1	O'Donnell, Norton Andrew		I292160061789

Residence

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	Last Name, Given Name(s)	Residence	Person ID
1	Cody, Bernard Israel	1950	I292682546811
2	Cody, Michael Terry	1950	I292682546902
3	Pier, Barbara Jane	1950	I292682546872
4	Villaire, Phillip William		I292452384036

Marriage

Matches 1 to 1 of 1

	Family	Marriage	Family ID
1	DeShone / Randall	8 Feb 1932	F12655

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My earliest European ancestors in North America were probably Nicolas Marsolet and Louis Hébert. However, one of my 8th great-grandmothers, the wife of Philippe Mius d'Entremont, was a Native North American of the Mi'kmaq tribe. Unfortunately, there is uncertainty about her name. She may have been called Kjipuktuk. In modern times, the name Marie Coyote Blanc has been assigned to her, but there is no evidence that this was actually her name. Her ancestors would obviously been in North America long before Europeans arrived.

The French-Canadian lines of my family tree can be confirmed by literaly thousands of DNA links that support the family tree as mapped out. And, due to a couple of lucky DNA links to 3rd cousins in Sweden, with well-documented family trees of their own, I can extend my Swedish roots back several centuries. The German links have proved much more difficult, and in most cases, I have been unable to trace my German ancestors much further back in time than their arrival in North America.